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Yearly Missive // 2020

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Monthly Missive

Let's get something out of the way right out of the gate here - you won't find the album of the year in this Missive. This is because we haven't actually chosen an album of the year this time around. Well, tha... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020

So...our AOTY list looks a little different this year. Ok, a LOT different. You’ve probably noticed how much we’ve diversified our coverage over the last few years. As we started pulling together our collectiv... Read More...

The Best Year – 2020 In Review

Eden Kupermintz

January 25, 2021

Editorials

Hey. I want to make sure that you know something: 2020 is the best year for the next few decades. Yes, I know that that seems impossible and if you get specific about it, it's probably not true. That is, there are going to be some years in which not a whole l... Read More...

Unmetal Monthly // 2020 In Review

Jonathan Adams

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Unmetal Monthly

We’ve finally come to it. The obituary of the year 2020. Good riddance, go fuck yourself, etc. While the past rotation around the sun was universally considered one of the darkest of our lifetimes, you wouldn’... Read More...

The Void Screameth // Goodbye 2020

Eden Kupermintz

January 25, 2021

The Void Screameth

If you have been following us for any length of time, you have likely caught on that we here at Heavy Blog are an opinionated bunch. Yes, we obviously have many many feelings when it comes to all sorts of musi... Read More...

We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!

In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe that we used to impose upon ourselves. With our ne... Read More...

Genre Genesis // Album of the Year Edition 2020

Heavy Blog

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Genre Genesis

One of our favorite AOTY segments is back! As we did in 2018, our significant others deliver some quick thoughts on a sample of our staff’s top albums of the year. There are some predictable reactions (“thing ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 25 Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020

We may have taken a different direction with our overall AOTY list this year, but we still wanted to share what everyone on staff thought were the best releases of the year! Comment with your own top 25, album... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // 2020 In Review

Jonathan Adams

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Kvlt Kolvmn

2020 felt in many ways like a perpetual winter of the soul. Thus far, 2021 feels little different. But time is a lie and black metal is forever. What a delightful truth that is. Below you will find our collected observation on the shitshow that was last ye... Read More...

Death’s Door // 2020 In Review

Jonathan Adams

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Death's Door

We’ve come down to it. After an absolutely batshit year, we’ve compiled our favorite releases in the wonderful world of death metal in the year of shit 2020. As is the custom, usual suspect Scott and myself wi... Read More...